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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK G. SARGEN T AND ALLAN (J. SARGENT, OF GRANITEVILLE, MASS.

WOOL-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,899, dated October31, 1882.

Application filed May 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREoERIcK G. SAR- GENT and ALLAN G. SARGENT, ofGraniteville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful- Improvement in Wool-Washers, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our improvement relates to'lnachines in which the wool is put into abowl containing a scouring-liquid, in which it is permitted to soak, andfrom which it is taken and conveyed to sq ueeze-rolls; and its objectsare to provide a carrier device to convey the wool from the bowl to thesqueeze-roll and freely discharge it thereto, and at the same timesaturate it with water. YVe accomplish these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a sidewiew with part of the side of the bowl and pipe removed. Fig.2 is aplan. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are details showing different parts of themachine.

A is the bowl, provided with the inclined bottom a B, the carrier, whichtakes the wool from the liquid in the bowl and carries it up toward thesqueeze-rolls (l (l.

D is a pipe extending across the bowl, supported by the guide-plates E.This pipe is provided with a slot, d, extending nearly the entire widthof the carrier. This slot is placed on the back side of the pipe. Placedon the pipe D are collars e e, which keep the pulleys G G in place. Thepulleys are annular rings of metal, on which the belts b are carried.Attached to these belts are slats D which are provided with teeth orspines 0 c. This carrier-apron is driven by the pulleys H H,placed onthe shaft h, which'is driven by a belt from some adjacent machinery. Thepipe D is kept supplied with fluid from the tank by the injector F; or apump may be used, if so desired. By this means a constant pressure offluid is maintained in the pipe D,so that ajet of water is forced outthrough the slot d. This jet of water strikes the wool as it is carriedover the upper end of the carrier-apronand throws it it is carried up tothe rolls the fluid taken up with it flows out, carrying with it a partof the dirt and foreign matter which may be loosened from the fibers.WVhen, however, the wool is about to be given to the squeezerolls thejet of water from the pipe D is forced into it again, surcharging it, sothat the rolls will, as they nip and squeeze it, cause a rush of waterout from among the fibers, which will have sufiicientvolume to carryouta muchlarger amount of the foreign substances. By the force of the jetof water from the pipe D much of the dirt adhering to the fibers isloosened, so as to pass readily away with the outflowing fluid. Thepulleys on the shaft Z1. may be formed with a corrugated surface, andthe slats provided with lugs, as shown in Figs. 4c, 5, and 6, if sodesired. The carrier will thus be prevented from slipping and theoperation of the machine made more certain.

By this construction we are enabled to use an apron provided withspines, without the use of a doffer or danger of having the wool carriedcompletely around with the carrier, for the stream of water issuing fromthe pipe D will in all cases throw the wool off from the carrier.

What we claim as new and of our invention 1. The combination of the tankA and apron-

